Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-08-25

Harris Vance Boguri farmer living
about five miles from Homer, hung him
self with chain from q scaffold in his
barn.
A Charlotte man has invented a chicken
coop for shipping use which can be taken
apart or put together without the use Of
tools.
James OIIara of East Saginaw, who
was injured by the cars near East Tawas
the other day, has since died of his in
juries.
1t has been discovered that an attempt
was recently made to rob the grave Of Mrs
John A. Gale of Ypsilanti. The attempt
failed.
TenEyck's Single mill in East Saginaw
was partially destroyed by fire the other
morning The loss is about SIS, 900. The
mill will he rebuilt.
Mrs. NJ Sage of Delford, Tuscola coun-
ty, has received word that she has fallen
heir to about $40 900 through the death of
an aunt in New York.
j. ii. Pixley, we'll known to thousands
as one of the old Pixley d Grannis concert
company, is now an employe Of a crockery
dealer in Grand Rapids.
A big discovery of silver is reported
| five miles northwest of Lands, a small
station on the Chicago d Northwestern
road, about 20 miles below Negaunee.
Frank Belding. aged 40. the youngest
in the family after which the town of
Belding was named, died in New York
recently, and was brought home for burial.
Prof. II. w. Dubie has been chosen pro-
| fessor of music in Olivet college. He has
| been pupil of Winkelmann and Held,
and is a graduate of Halberstadt college,
Germany.
Assistant United States Geologist
l Wooster is hunting up the tracks of pre-
Adamite glaciers, which kept the Michi-
gan forest fires and hot weather in check
so many aons ago.
The Estey manufacturing company of
Owosso will put in saw mill at Perrin
ton, Oh the Muskegon branch of the Tole-
| do, Ann Arbor Il Northern road, to supply
lumber for the Owosso factory.
Samuel Crozier, prominent farmer of
Claybank, Oceana county, retired in his
usual good health the other night. The
next morning his wife awoke and found
him dead. Cause, heart disease.
The supreme court allowed the creditors
of the defunct Adrian savings bank S13,-
ISL. 1t was due August IL. Late ad-
vices to Receiver +. r. Payne from West
Virginia put the payment off until Sep
| TENDER %.
Col. Charles b. Peck, who was former
| ly receiver of the Chicago * Grand Trunk
railway, with headquarters at Port Huron,
has been appointed manager of the Allan
| tic & Danvile road, with headquarters at
Portsmouth, Va.
Charles Il. Ball ard of Jackson fell in
with a parry who invited him to shake
dice. Charles did so, and at the close of
the game found himself out of pocket
| $685.. An officer afterwards recovered
| S295 of the money.
Auyler j. Barton, young man of Una
| dilla, Is under arrest charged with setting
| fire to an Unadilla residence which was
burned to the ground, and also vacant
store. Barton is thought to be responsible
for several other cases.
The John A. Logan post No. 1 of
Grand Rapids, captured the set of colors
for making the best appearance on review
| at the G. A. r., encampment at Ionia.
| All old soldiers say II was the finest G. A.
r. procession they ever witnessed.
Mrs. John Brunger of Charlotte, while
cutting cucumbers from the vines, acct
dentally slipped and fell on the knife, the
blade entering her breast above the heart,
killing her almost instantly. She was the
wife of an old and respected citizen.
Miss Eunice Barclay died suddenly at
the fremont hotel i'm Vicksburg the other
morning. A past norton was held, and
coroner's jury gave verdict of-death
from inflammation, brought on by GRIM
inal operation by some person unknown.
Halo Riddle, aged g. dropped something
into milk can on a farm near Charlotte.
The can was large and full of water. In
fishing the object out she lost her balance.
Her little body was wedged into the neck
of the can. She drowned in few min
utes.
Frank ii. Rice of Flint, who was ndict-
ed last June for using the United States
mail as medium through which he con-
Quoted swindling game, has been sente-
need to the house of correction for six
months and fined S24 upon his plea of
guilty.
A. Alexander, proprietor of meat mar
ket In Henderson, Shiawassee county,
brutally assaulted Postmaster Thomas
Corcoran, breaking his jaw. Alexander
was quarreling with his vile and she called
Corcoran in for assistance. Alexander
has been arrested.
Prof. J. c. Stowell, late prohibition ora
tor and editor and later principal of the
unfortunate normal school I'm Flint, was
arrested in that city the other day, charged
with assault and battery on the person of
Mrs. Ganson, lady of whom he rented
rooms for his students.
The officers of the West Michigan fruit
growers society have decided to hold their
next annual meeting In Paw Paw, begin
ming probably on Wednesday, December
z, and continuing until noon of Friday,
the 9th. The society includes all the promi-
nent fruit growers from st. Joseph to
Muskegon.
The Flint q Pere Marquette railroad
company will soon commence running a
line from Manistee Junction to Grand
Rapids, distance of sixty-six miles, with
branch to Muskegon, and ultimately one
to Petoskey. The proposed road will run
through Kent, Ottawa, Newaygo 0ceana
and Mason counties.